The Validity Of Their Love In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

The Validity of Their Love

Imagine falling in love with someone in just 3 days. That’s what happened in Romeo and Juliet but they ended up dying. Romeo and Juliet is about to teens from rival families who fall in love. This love was short lived because they quickly got married and they both committed suicide in the end because they couldn’t live without each other. Because of this short lived love, they never got to know each other for who they really were. Romeo and Juliet did not really love each other because they both were avoiding something by getting together, it was short lived, and they were only in love with the others looks. Shakespeare also hints that they didn’t know the difference between love and hate since their families were rivals.

When Romeo goes to the Capulet’s party he is looking for Rosaline but finds Juliet instead. He returns back to Friar Lawrence and says “Her I love now Doth grace for grace and love for love allow. The other did not so” (2.3.85-87). After he realizes that

When Romeo first sees Juliet at the party he says “ For I ne'er saw true beauty til this night" (1.5.50). He is basing his initial attraction off of a glance and he doesn’t think twice. Their relationship from the start was purely physical attraction but it doesn’t seem to progress throughout the play. When Romeo goes to see Friar Lawrence, the Friar says “Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes” (2.3.67-68). The Friar is implying that Romeo and Juliet’s love is based on a physical attraction. Since Romeo got over Rosaline so quickly the Friar Questions their love by questioning “Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear, So soon forsaken?” (2.3.66-67). He is implying that Romeo didn’t truly love Rosaline and he doesn’t truly love Juliet despite what Romeo says. The Friar wants Romeo to rethink what he’s doing to see if it’s not a misunderstanding of